Is the fact I posted something that showed Randall's lack of imagination bothering you? Is it a Single-Issue Wonk? Can't let something bad against Randall go I guess. I think I was being rather civil until you opened your fat mouth. Or typed with your fat fingers. Or whatever.

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You'll find none of that in my post. You will, however, find it in posts that accuse me of being a troll. Very strange. Is calling out on rehashing controversial or any of those or what? No? Very strange.

Repeating a punchline while varying the setup is not repeating a joke; the joke is the whole system. Now, a punchline can be overused, sure, but I wouldn't call 2 times out of ~600 strips overused. Especially as the contexts were different- life's-an-adventure vs. technically-correct-but-annoying-behavior.

Guh, really explaining in-depth what the difference, or rather the sole similarity is between those strips would require me to come up with some deep analysis of the layers of comedy on the spot.

What you're pointing out is... more of a premise, really. Something obvious that would have to be pointed out, but is still obvious. It's the truth behind the comics that makes them work.

Beyond that, both jokes are character-based in an entirely different way, one shows a conversation between two people with one of them being happy-go-lucky and pointing out the premise as something really cool and whatnot, in a four-panel format, while the other one is a one-panel comic that first on a strange juxtaposition and a sort of pop-culture humor first, and odd character humor second.

Anyway, saying that this joke is the same would be like saying that every joke about Windows, or every joke about the fallacies of social interaction are the same.

... The first page of that webcomic was actually kinda amusing, though the presentation could use some work (and you misspelled "utmost").

Could you say that Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice was copying herself in Sence and Sensibility? I mean you have: *
Young women marrying men above their station.

The issue about women not being able to inherit

The untrustworthyness of some flirtatous romantic men

The appropriete way for women to behave under difficult social circumstances.

Have head-strong interllectually based women priviledged over the swoony silly ones.

Men who prove their affection through action.

Women being disgraced by young men's advances.

They're almost identical! What a scandal! What a hack Jane Austen is!

And that Shakespeare! How many times does he think he can pull that whole Crazy Monarch routine on us, let alone all those girls dressing up as men!

And another thing, how many times do we have to put up with Hemingway talk about Isolation and Loniness. Dude! Get an new shtick already!

Everyone copies themself. It's known as Reoccuring Themes, mate. Randall's obviosly interested in the definition of future and how we percieve it. So what? It's just like his "My Hobby" comics or the ones where he does flow charts. What's wrong with looking at the same thing from different angles?

It doesn't work that way. Lostman will continue to insist on enlightening us about XKCD's horrible flaws, and those of us who'd rather discuss the comic without dealing with constant irrational bitching — or even those, like me, who're just reading the thread out of boredom — will continue to find it obtrusive.

It's not that I'm a huge fan of XKCD. I'm not — it's frequently immature, too self-righteous for my taste, or simply unfunny. But the title of this thread isn't "XKCD Blows Goats", is it?

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